No. The phono's.
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Trumper1 Wrote:
One final thing. In line with an earlier comment in this thread it
never goes into standby. Even when its the only thing on the network
the LAN light keeps flickering indicating some activity. Perhaps this
is what keeps it on although not sure what the data moving actually
AlienBBC is on the TS-101 out of the box, but all software is
propriatory.
So any additional plug-ins would have to be re-coded to suit the
version of slimserver on the TS-101.
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I have a Western Digital 300 GB NAS drive with connected Maxtor external
160 GB drive running alongside the Qnap on the same network. All are set
to go into standby after 30 minutes of inactivity. All of them are
fairly warm to the touch when running and make a humming or whispering
sound (no
The something humming and whispering is likely to be the Hard Drive I'd
have thought. Does Slimserver poll the Squeezebox peiodically? If so,
the LAN traffic caused by that is possibly preventing the Qnap from
going into standby?
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Fifer Wrote:
Does Slimserver poll the Squeezebox peiodically? If so, the LAN traffic
caused by that is possibly preventing the Qnap from going into standby?
That's certainly not the cause, because I don't have a squeezebox, or
any music streamer yet.
But the LAN light does flash every few
Fifer Wrote:
The something humming and whispering is likely to be the Hard Drive I'd
have thought. Does Slimserver poll the Squeezebox peiodically? If so,
the LAN traffic caused by that is possibly preventing the Qnap from
going into standby?
Actually, that sounds sensible... When I have
Sanctum Wrote:
AlienBBC is on the TS-101 out of the box, but all software is
propriatory.
So any additional plug-ins would have to be re-coded to suit the
version of slimserver on the TS-101.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Slimserver (and most of the
plugins) are GPL, not proprietary.
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:53:12 -0800, EnochLight
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My solution to this - for now anyway - is to use my 6o GB iPod with a
head unit in my car that actually docks with it, so the menu/interface
is controllable through the head unit. I have an Alpine for that -
works like
Hi there,
I noticed that after we rescan our music database, my computer was
losing approx. 5GB of memory. Tracked down a large file called
slimserver.log. It's 10gb. Is this some sort of cache file that I
should be clearing on a regular basis?
If so, how do I clear it, or can it just be
My mistake. I recall that they *announced* it would be shipping back in
Nov/Dec. I was even mildly interested until I learned that it is only
802.11b and doesn't even have a wired NIC -- a real deal-breaker
combination for me.
Anyway, I just scanned the Roku forums and found that Roku was
radish Wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Slimserver (and most of the plugins)
are GPL, not proprietary
Sorry, I wasn't very clear.
SS is GPL, but the version running on the TS-101 is proprietary and not
available for download.
I recall reading that they will look at integrating
I noticed that after we rescan our music database, my computer was
losing approx. 5GB of memory. Tracked down a large file called
slimserver.log. It's 10gb. Is this some sort of cache file that I
should be clearing on a regular basis?
It's the log in which slimserver notes what it's doing or if
This post from october last seems to indicate that not much needed to be
changed.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=59501postcount=11
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Hi,
I'm having a problem with my SB2 locking up and refusing to respond
to the remote control. This happens in a very particular situation and
does seem to be reproducable.
Wireless SB2.
Slimserver is current stock version on windows xp home.
I use the sleep function to turn off the player at
This is a potentially serious issue. I don't know much about the Qnap
device, but the following appears to be true:
It runs some version of Linux on x86, which comes preinstalled.
It optionally runs slimserver and a number of third party plugins,
which can (optionally) come preinstalled.
If it
Qnap do not install or provide any version of Slimserver Radish. (they
don't even provide a version with a HD fitted). That's done by the UK
distributor, Progressive AV. I can't comment on the GPL issues.
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From the discussion last Oct.
TS-101 is a PPC based system and runs a version of Ubuntu. Slimserver
is being installed by Progressive Consulmer Electronics in the UK.
They also plan to install Slimserver on QNAP Ts-401 which is an x86
processor.
I believe their own software is some sort of
It's probably related to a specific file in your library. Can you
run SlimServer with the --d_scan option and send the related output
leading up to the error?
Thanks,
dean
On Mar 15, 2006, at 2:08 PM, tuka wrote:
I tried both the current and the nighly build, and I get this error
Playing with slimserver at work I notice that there is a setting in the
slimserver internet options menu to control the browser refresh
interval.
Pushing this out to a stupidly high number might stop the slimserver
constantly re-writing it's html page to the hard drive and allow the
TS-101 to go
OK, so Qnap are merely responsible for providing the Linux sources.
Responsible companies (such as Dlink, Linksys, etc) have GPL download
pages on their websites (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/kf3sm. I don't see
Qnap's - does the documentation mention the GPL? Offer the sourcecode?
If not they seem to
My impression is that Progressive have been working fairly closely with
SD. ISTR hearing a suggestion that SD might be involved in US supply of
Qnaps somehow? Or maybe I dreamt it?
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Please try the latest nightly release of 6.2.2 and see if the problem
has been resolved.
Thanks,
dean
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Regarding mplayer - I'd expect that Progressive are using the standard
build for PPC.
I'd be worried about them redistributing the RealAudio codecs but the
latest version of mplayer can avoid that for most stations.
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bpa Wrote:
Regarding mplayer - I'd expect that Progressive are using the standard
build for PPC.
It doesn't matter who built it - they're distributing the binary, they
need to make the source available. It's not like it's hard to do.
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danco Wrote:
I could easily be wrong on this.
But I thought that if the computer was asleep then its wireless card
was also asleep and so could not receive the wake packet.
A machine that is asleep is not off. There is still power going to
certain components, including network cards that
I didn't make myself clear - unlike most GPL, the mplayer maintainers
allow redistribution of binaries from standard builds without source as
the source will be the mplayerhq site.
When there are modifications they require that it is clearly identified
as a non-standard build and that the GPL
I currently have 2 HDD's in my PC. I have 2 large important folder
trees, one with my music and on with my photo's. Currently i am
manually copying everything between drives, but this is becoming a bit
of a chore and often i forget.
So what software people here use and would recommend for me?
I
More than happy to make the sources available for everybody. You won't
be able to do anything with them though because you have no way of
getting in to the box (at Qnap's request).
If there is a problem with the way we are doing things then please PM
me. If we have to take out AlienBBC then out
dangerous_dom wrote:
So what software people here use and would recommend for me?
What OS are you running?
For Linux, look into rsync.
For Windows look into robocopy.
Either can be scripted and scripts scheduled.
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I've got my music on a drive connected to a Linksys NSLU2. Once a week,
the NSLU2 copied the entire drive to the other identical drive that is
connected to it.
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Folks had been touting a tool from Microsoft called SyncToy which I
tried, but for me was very unreliable. I found a simple, free program on
the net called ICE Mirror that does the trick for me. Just point it to a
source and destination directory on any drive and it'll take care of
mirroring
Sorry, running XP. Don't need CD/DVD buring either.
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All new music goes into a folder called new_additions. Periodically I
burn this to CD or DVD, at which point I parse the new_additions
content to appropriate folders.
I also have a 2HD system that I backup daily from one to the other. I
use rsnapshot (http://rsnapshot.org), which is a great
All of my music and other data is backed up from a server with mirrored
hard disks to an external hard drive in another part of the house.
I run M$FT robocopy utility to synch the data nightly.
If I was really anal retentive I would buy a 2nd external enclosure and
keep a rotated backup in my
I, too got tired of backing up to external drives and wasn't happy about
having to keep burning plastic. It wasn't the music so much as a video
archiving project that drove me over the edge - 12GB per hour of video
in raw format. About 3 years ago, I sucked it up and built a dedicated
server
I also have a 2HD system that I backup daily from one to the other. I
use rsnapshot (http://rsnapshot.org), which is a great backup utility
built on rsync for *nix operating systems. Given you didn't mention
your OS, I'm assuming you are on Windows, so this won't be available to
you. :(
Add my
Norton Ghost to a second HD. Does scheduled incremental backups so saves
on disk space. You can also use a USB drive.
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Ok,
Then is there a way to store my data on the web host, map a network
drive (ftp? or other way?) to the remote web host as a disk drive where
the music is and run a local slim server on my local machines?
That way at least I only have to have the music in 1 location on the
web host and could
I Set up a file server in the basement with 1.6 TB of disk space, of
which 900GB is on a RAID5 system. Music and other important docs goes
on the RAID file system. Also in the process of setting up a 100 mbps
ethernet network with my neighbor (squeezebox owner as well) he wants
to use my
fuzzyT Wrote:
dangerous_dom wrote:
So what software people here use and would recommend for me?
What OS are you running?
For Linux, look into rsync.
For Windows look into robocopy.
Either can be scripted and scripts scheduled.
--rt
rsync is the bomb with 2 x HDD! I don't
I have my music files on 2 drives in my Linux fileserver. To backup, I
connect a 400GB external USB drive to my Windows computer and use a
tool called xxcopy
(www.xxcopy.com)
xxcopy is a Windows command-line program that is very flexible, but
basically I only use the /clone switch, which will
ultra238a Wrote:
More than happy to make the sources available for everybody. You won't
be able to do anything with them though because you have no way of
getting in to the box (at Qnap's request).
If there is a problem with the way we are doing things then please PM
me. If we have to
I have a seperate server which gets robocopy'd to by a simple script
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dangerous_dom wrote:
Can robocopy do multiple root folders at once, or can it only do one
folder and it sub folders?
i've only used it for one root and it's subs per command line
invocation. a simple batch file will let you do multi.
Also, say i deleted a file(s) or folder(s) from the
twylie Wrote:
About 3 years ago, I sucked it up and built a dedicated server with
hardware RAID.
I have a rather unfortunate tale to tell which may make you rethink
whether total reliance on RAID is a good idea.
In my day job, I support a database for a large national company
involved in the
dangerous_dom Wrote:
Also, say i deleted a file(s) or folder(s) from the source, will it
remove the one(s) in the backup. If it does, i will give it a go.
Yes - this is the /MIR switch - it will ensure the destination always
has the same contents as the source.
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Is robocopy part of Windows XP or does it require a separate install?
It seems that robocopy and xxcopy are similar. Let's say I've got an
updated music folder on drive H and an outdated music folder (some new
files not there) on drive I. What command would I use to update the
drive I folder
Kyle wrote:
Is robocopy part of Windows XP or does it require a separate install?
robocopy is part of a windows resource kit. google it and pull the
installer and docs from the microsoft site.
It seems that robocopy and xxcopy are similar. Let's say I've got an
updated music folder on
Kyle wrote:
Is robocopy part of Windows XP or does it require a separate install?
It seems that robocopy and xxcopy are similar. Let's say I've got an
updated music folder on drive H and an outdated music folder (some new
files not there) on drive I. What command would I use to update the
Is robocopy part of Windows XP or does it require a separate install?
It seems that robocopy and xxcopy are similar. Let's say I've got an
updated music folder on drive H and an outdated music folder (some new
files not there) on drive I. What command would I use to update the
drive I
I have a firewall blocking things, does it mean I need to enable some
port to receive a magic packet to do WOL ?
Gov
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I also like to have this bug fixed. It is most annoying in silent parts
of music where the resulting trip overs become even annoying.
I hate using wav decoding due to its inability to fast forward or do i
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Seems like a really quick way to use up your bandwidth allocation. I wouldn't think you could do it, but you should be asking the 11 people.On 3/16/06,
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Ok,Then is there a way to store my data on the web host, map a networkdrive (ftp? or other way?) to the remote web
Looks like robocopy + batch file might be just the ticket then.
I notice a few GUI's are around for it, but the ones i have seen only
do single folders. Any worth bothering with?
One other thing, i take it that robocopy only copies new/changed files,
right? I won't copy the whoel lot,
Steve Baumgarten Wrote:
You'd do:
robocopy /mir h:\source i:\dest
This sounds like what I need. If my music files are in a folder called
FLAC Files on both drives, and I only want to mirror that folder, how
would I write the command? Would it be:
/mir h:FLAC Files\source i:FLAC
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I notice a few GUI's are around for it, but the ones i have seen only
do single folders. Any worth bothering with?
not if you can read simple docs and save text files with a .bat extension.
One other thing, i take it that robocopy only copies new/changed files,
right?
Could some kind person please email me just the robocopy.exe to
domrevans--at--yahoo.co.uk
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I have been using an application called SyncBack on Windows which proves
very flexible. Check it out at:
http://www.2brightsparks.com
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My Squeezebox suddenly failed to play the volume correctly. Wether it's
music from a streaming station or from my harddisc, the volume
constantly turns up and down, it sounds like someone is playing with
the volume control.
I already tried a firmware update as well a factory reset. Everybody
else
Not sure what fixed it, but I don't see the problem anymore after I
reboot? Hadn't done that in over a month, so I figured it was time.
tj
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First off this is my first post so greetings to all of you who are
fortunate enough to have expierienced the Slimdevice Squeezebox. I'm
simply amazed by this product.
Is there a smartphone with Flac support that will alow me stream my
music via slimserver. I was thinking of getting a treo 650
You can also use the Windows Briefcase functionality to keep a
synchronized set of folders.
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Kyle wrote:
This sounds like what I need. If my music files are in a folder called
FLAC Files on both drives, and I only want to mirror that folder, how
would I write the command? Would it be:
/mir h:FLAC Files\source i:FLAC Files\dest
That's correct, assuming you want to mirror that
The other nice thing about robocopy is that it does write verification;
the robo prefix stands for robust, according to the docs.
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My $.02...
I have my SlimServer on a dedicated WinXP workstaion
with an external 640GB FireWire800 RAID-5 array
attached to the PC in my back room. In the living room
I also have a M$ Media Center edition with a dedicated
500GB LaCie FireWire800 HD for a duplicate music
library. In having a very
Put me down as another happy SyncToy user. My main slimserver library
is backed up when I feel like it, using SyncToy, to an external disc on
another computer.
I also use SyncToy to copy just the AAC branch of the library (I have
FLAC, MP3 and AAC) to my laptop to be played with iTunes while
I've not seen anybody use ntbackup (the backup utility built-in to Windows
XP and 2k).
I have my music in a single RAID 1 array on a dedicated music server, and I
schedule an ntbackup to run an incremental backup twice a week and a full
backup once a week onto a separate disk on the same server.
sfraser Wrote:
I have been doing something similar, have you ran into RDP issues with
certain microsoft security patchs? I ended up un-installing a few
patchs because they kept on causing RDp encryption errors.
Scott
No issues on my side. My first server runs XP Pro and my secodn one
Had a quick look through the forums and used search but couldn't find an
appropriate thread.
Curious about the possibility of using a mac mini as a server to play
back through a wired squeezebox and wondered what I would need.
Basically I have about a hundred or so audio storys and about a
Hi jon,,
We had a similar problem when my wife was using the remote.
As well as the garbage on the screen, after rebooting the player the
MAC address had changed to ff ff e0 ff ff ff and it wouldn't play back
music without stuttering.
A factory reset fixed it. May consider hiding the remote
I use mp3tunes.com It's a nominal fee ($30/year) for unlimited music
storage. It supports mp3, windows and apple drm formats. I think
that's it for formats. I stick with mp3's since my ear isn't good
enough to notice much difference. It'll even backup iTunes purcahsed
music. It has a sync
I use rsync over the 'net from my server at work to my server at home.
Mine is a *nix system (http://samba.org/rsync/), but it works on
windows, too:
http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php
TJ
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Might be newbie question here, but here goes. I've had my Squeezebox 3
since Christmas. I installed SlimServer onto a LinkStation. Ever
since the beginning, my Squeezebox has flashed Free your music when I
have powered it up. Yesterday, I found my Linkstation powered off...not
sure why...and
There are already examples on the bug report, but if you want to add
your own, do it there.
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I use Acronis True Image for backups. And, my music drive is RAID1.
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It was probably connecting to SqueezeNetwork. SlimServer says Free
your music and SN says Rock your world! :)
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Is this still a forum for slimdevices/slimserver? Based on
the amount of postings related the teething problems of
the Qnap device, its more like a Qnap forum. May I suggest
to create a seperate forum for Qnap related problems? My
understanding is that all reported issues are not related
to
Yep...that's what it was. I usually don't leave it logged on to
SqueezeNetwork, though. Odd. Probably one of the other folks in the
house.
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If I use the Web interface to select music for my SB2, it appears that I
lose the ability to change what is playing with the remote. The remote
is working, but if I select a new playlist or album, the SB2 just goes
back to playing whatever was selected with the web interface.
Is this normal?
boerner Wrote:
I have been using an application called SyncBack on Windows which proves
very flexible. Check it out at:
http://www.2brightsparks.com
I have been using SyncBack for 6 months with multiple external drives.
It is simple to set up, and previews what it is going to do (and
I cannot get the syntax right for robocopy. I have tried to copy a test
folder named folder1 on my desktop to another folder named folder2,
but I keep getting syntax errors in WindowsXP. Can someone help before
I try my actual music files?
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Hi,
Evesham have introduced two mini-pc.
1. CPU choices are Intel Celeron M 370 processor (1.5GHz, 1MB L2 cache,
400MHz) - £499
2. Intel Pentium M 760 processor (2GHz, 2MB cache, 533 MHz) - £699
3. Both come with 512MB DDR-2 533MHz RAM.
These are AOpen mini PC barebone and look like a mini-mac
Hi,
First allow me to say that I'm the proud owner of an SB3 and it works
marvelously. There is one issue that's mildly irritating but not
significant.
My SB is setup as part of a wireless LAN, an Ad-Hoc network between my
linux laptop and the SB. Now whenever I boot up the laptop and then
turn
So you weren't having this problem before and now it is happening? Is
this happening within one song or over the course of several songs?
Could be variation of track levels if you're playing on shuffle/random.
Are you using the analog outs or the digital outs? Could be
intermittent connection
Kyle Wrote:
I cannot get the syntax right for robocopy. I have tried to copy a test
folder named folder1 on my desktop to another folder named folder2,
but I keep getting syntax errors in WindowsXP. Can someone help before
I try my actual music files?
Post the code you're using. And
I have my music library on an Infrant NAS running RAID 5 with 878 GB of
storage on my home network. I bought the NAS primarily for the large,
contiguous file space that it offers and I also use it for storing
video and computer backups. The RAID part is secondary. I did have a
bad disk when I
Mac mini (plus usb hard drive if size isnt enough?)
connected to wired squeezebox 3, which in turn is plugged into an
m-audio 2496 dac connected to a marantz 66 KI Signature amplifer and
Mission 780 speakers. In a bedroom without any other pc present. I'd
use the existing monitor and keyboard
I use rsync over the 'net from my server at work to my server at home.
http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php
If you don't want to install cygwin (which is a great tool not only for
Linux users bound to a Windows PC :-)), but still would like to use rsync,
there's a stripped down rsync package
You should post links to the actual PCs you are looking to buy.
Barebones can mean a lot of things. Are these complete systems?
In general, I haven't been too impressed with the quality of AOpen
system.
If you are looking for a small quiet machine to act as a slimserver,
you may want to
Is this normal?
No.
Am I imagining things?
Don't know :-)
What's your setup: OS, Slimserver version, network parameters etc.?
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Evesham have introduced two mini-pc.
1. CPU choices are Intel Celeron M 370 processor (1.5GHz, 1MB L2 cache,
400MHz) - £499
2. Intel Pentium M 760 processor (2GHz, 2MB cache, 533 MHz) - £699
3. Both come with 512MB DDR-2 533MHz RAM.
These are AOpen mini PC barebone and look like a mini-mac
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